Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson (21 October 1953-) was the Labour MP for Hartlepool from 9 April 1992 to 8 September 2004, succeeding Ted Leadbitter and preceding Iain Wright.

Biography
Peter Mandelson was born in London, England on 21 October 1953, and he was raised in the city's suburbs. He served on the Lambeth Borough Council from 1979 to 1982, when he stood down due to his disillusionment with the Labour Party's policies. Mandelson then worked as a television producer before Labour leader Neil Kinnock made him the party's director of communications in 1985. In 1991, after successfully raising the party's popularity, he was selected as a candidate for the safe Labour seat of Hartlepool, and he was elected MP in 1992. In 1994, he backed Tony Blair during the Labour leadership election, and he became one of Blair's closest allies. Mandelson served as Labour's election campaign director for the 1997 general election, and he went on to serve as Minister without Portfolio from 1997 to 1998, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade in 1998, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1999 to 2001, European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills and President of the Board of Trade from 2008 to 2010, and Lord President of the Council and First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. On 13 October 2008, he was made a Lord Temporal in the House of Lords.